YouTube description: Dams serve a wide variety of purposes from hydropower to flood control to storage of water for municipal and industrials uses. But when a dam’s useful purpose fades away, the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,291 views • 8:40

From Youtube, "Most of our pop culture assumptions about the Heaven and Hell come from a single source: Dante's Divine Comedy. A work that was so important that it may have sparked a reformation in the... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 19 views • 30:42

From Youtube, "The Scotch Snap is everywhere in modern hip hop - a metrically accented sixteenth note followed by a dotted eighth note. Why is it everywhere? And where did it come from? The answer lies... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 721 views • 8:12

YouTube description: Scientific language can be difficult to parse through for anyone not well-versed in the field. That’s where acclaimed actor Alan Alda comes in. Through the Alda Center for Communicating... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 weeks ago • 498 views • 3:16

YouTube description: A recent study has concluded that people all over the world are probably ingesting microscopic plastic all the time. Now scientists want to know where this plastic is coming from,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 weeks ago • 351 views • 5:06

"Mike Judge's Office Space starring Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, and Gary Cole as Bill Lumbergh turns 20-years-old this year. So we're gonna need you to come here so we can tell you 7 things you probably... continue reading

posted by ant 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 26 views • 5:56

YouTube description: Joe Barnard left his background in videography and music production to launch his life of amateur rocketry, and he shares his DIY adventures in building rockets on his YouTube channel... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 months ago • 916 views • 9:36

"Elevator. It’s a fascination and a fear for many. Countless action movies and TV shows feature stuck elevators, fights in elevators, and, of course falling elevators. How many times when an elevator... continue reading

posted by ant 6 years 4 months ago • 219 views • 7:36

--- Do earwigs climb into your ear? The quick answer is no. Earwigs are not interested in climbing into your ear to lay their eggs or otherwise. They’re no more likely than any other bug to accidentally... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 152 views • 4:21

YouTube description: At 30-years-old, Yu Kikuchi was tired of his job. Working in an assembly line that made turbines, he was aching to find a new lease on life. So when he heard about 80-year-old master... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months ago • 305 views • 2:46

YouTube description: Canned fish has been around for over a century and has been enjoyed around world. Still, no one loves their fish more than Portugal, where old traditions of fishing, canning and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 451 views • 3:30

Are you tired of your shoe laces coming undone - and always at the most inconvenient time! Use this simple change to how most people tie shoes and having loose laces will be almost entirely eliminated!... continue reading

posted by BSR 6 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 26 views • 2:01

So unshelled Brazil nuts are actually seeds found inside a larger fruit that looks like a cannonball. Learn something new everyday.

posted by nanrod 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 396 views • 11:08

YouTube description: For the past 30 years, Paul Francis has been crafting the perfect sound, honing his skills at a company that has been in the business of making cymbals for 400 years. Making cymbals... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 832 views • 2:41

YouTube description: For thousands of years, the people of Hungary have soaked in the rich, thermal waters that lie below the country’s surface. From Roman emperors to Turkish kings, Budapest’s... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 422 views • 2:45

I condone dumping Trump World, combine with BC ... Cascadia here we come!

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 9 months ago • 21 views • 6:13

We explore the roles that robots are starting to play in construction and look at how they will affect our industry in the future. Source: The B1M

posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 19 views • 5:48

YouTube description: He was inside Jabba the Hut in “Return of the Jedi,” helped make “The Muppets” come alive and has been pulling the strings on Yoda since he was 19 years old. Meet Dave Barclay,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months ago • 285 views • 3:12

"Are You Smarter Than A Slime Mold? Let’s go ask Joe Hanson: https://youtu.be/K8HEDqoTPgk ..."

posted by ant 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 11 views • 3:06